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Autore |
Smith Peter (Peter C.) |
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Titolo |
Formula funding of public services / / Peter C. Smith |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2006 |
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1-134-22984-4 |
1-134-22985-2 |
1-280-56700-7 |
9786610567003 |
0-203-01302-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in Business Organizations and Networks ; ; 41 |
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Disciplina |
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352.48 |
363.6068/1 |
363.60681 |
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Soggetti |
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Municipal services - Finance |
Resource allocation |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Formula funding within a public finance framework; 3 The elements of formula funding; 4 Formula funding: a production function perspective; 5 Empirical methods; 6 Budgetary risk and formula funding; 7 Paying for quality: The case of UK general practitioners; 8 The political economy of formula funding; 9 Concluding comments; Technical appendix A: Some mathematics of risk pooling; Technical appendix B: Calculating measures of local health care supply |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The use of formulae has become widespread in recent years across most developed countries. In the UK, a conservative estimate is that annually £150 billion of public service expenditure is distributed using formulae, in services such as health care, local government, social security and higher education. This book offers a comprehensive |
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